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Salem, CT vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Household income in Dover, is 53% less than it is in Salem and is 35% below the National Average.
- Salem unemployment rate is 8.7%.
- Dover unemployment rate is 10.3%.
 Salem, CTDover, DEUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock10.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$51,289  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$51,073$69,021
 Family Median Income$118,209  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Salem, CTDover, DEUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.8%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K1.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock13.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K15.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock2.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Salem, CTDover, DEUnited States
 Management, business, finance27.7%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock5.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.5%1.2%
 Education, library9.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.8%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support12.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.8%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.6%13.1%
Reviews for Salem    1 Reviews

We just moved to Salem and we love it. The town green is beautiful. The church in the center of the community is super involved and does awesome work, both with their  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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